Texas Senate passes resolution reaffirming state sovereignty, 20-11

Posted by Leigh Evans on April 21, 2015

Tenth Amendment Center - The Texas Senate passed a resolution serving notice and demand to the federal government to “halt and reverse, effective immediately, its practice of assuming powers and imposing mandates and laws upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States of America.”

Introduced by Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe) and 15 co-sponsors, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 (SCR1) passed through the state Senate on Apr. 13 by a 20-11 vote.